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RECORD: 0 HIT · 0 MISS · 12 OPEN · FIRST CALL RESOLVES AUG 12
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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-12

SF @ BAL

Home plate: Chris Segal

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A-
Umpire Grade
94.3% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, BAL
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Chris Segal called the 159 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 150 right. Below, only his misses are plotted, alongside every pitch the ABS (Automated Ball-Strike System) reviewed on a challenge.

The zone, as he called it

Challenge 1: Taylor Ward — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Daniel Susac — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Erik Miller — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Taylor Ward — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Pete Alonso — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼1 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Pete Alonso vs Adrian Houser
  2. 2-0.19▼3 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Taylor Ward vs Adrian Houser
  3. 3+0.13▲8 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Willy Adames vs Tyler Wells

Run impact from the count run-value table: a missed strike three is worth far more than one on 3-0.

ABS — the Automated Ball-Strike System

5 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Taylor Ward — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Daniel Susac — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Erik Miller — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Taylor Ward — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Pete Alonso — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.